The University’s Imaging Facilities incorporates MRI and PET-MR modalities . The Facilities, which are part of the University’s Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, own two MRI scanners, including a 3T Philips Achieva scanner located at the Clinical Research Facility (CRF). The other MRI scanner is located at the Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre (1.5T Philips); the University also has dedicated access to a new Philips 3T Elition scanner at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust (SRFT).
The Imaging Facilities (MRI) are staffed by experienced and fully qualified radiographers and an MR physicist, who act as an interface between clinical research and imaging science. The Facilities provide access to and support for clinicians and scientists, who wish to use MRI techniques as part of their research.
1.5T MRI
Information about how to access the 1.5T MRI scanner at the Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre can be found on the Imaging Facilities website.
The Imaging Facilities can sometimes provide time on the University’s MRI scanners (3T at Salford Royal Foundation Trust; 1.5T at Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre; and 3T at the NIHR/Wellcome Trust Manchester Clinical Research Facility) for strategic development projects by way of an MR imaging grant. If you would like to collect pilot data or have a small amount of scanning which you would use to advance methodology or novel scanning techniques, you may be eligible to apply for an MR imaging grant for time on the MRI scanners free of charge.
MR imaging grants are designed to support development of the MR research community and in particular the development of novel scanning or analysis methods. This may include the development of methods which are well-established elsewhere but which are not used within the University’s imaging facilities. It may also include application of existing techniques to novel experimental designs.
For further information please contact Denise Ogden (denise.ogden@manchester.ac.uk)
Development and Physics Support for MRI scanning
The Imaging Facilities also has ethics approval to undertake protocol testing and optimisation on the University’s scanners using healthy volunteers. These scans are usually free of charge, and limited to 5 hours per protocol. Please note that this time must not be used for data collection or to support publications.
In order to access this facility, please send a one-page description of what you require to Barry Whitnall and Sarah Wood, +44 (0)161 906 7501.
